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St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton

South Ribble, PR4 5EBPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
May 2023
KS2 Results
64%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
33 1st-choice / 34 places
Ranking
#6,286
of 13,686 nationally

About St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton

St Oswald's Catholic Primary School in Longton holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained consistently across its two most recent inspections. The school's most informative exam metric is the Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, where 64% of pupils met the benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. This places the school slightly above the Lancashire local authority average of 60% for the same measure, indicating solid academic performance relative to its peers. In the South Ribble area, the school ranks 21st out of 35 primary schools on this metric, putting it in the 60th percentile locally. Nationally, it sits in the 46th percentile, while within the North West region it ranks 907th out of 2,065 primary schools. The school's average scores in reading and maths both sit at 104, with 75% of pupils reaching the expected standard in each subject individually. A smaller proportion, 22%, achieved the higher standard in maths, while 25% did so in reading and 11% in writing.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressChapel Lane, Preston, South Ribble, PR4 5EB
HeadteacherChris Hough
Local AuthorityLancashire
Number of Pupils250
Free School Meals (FSM)6.4%
School Capacity250 / 245 (102% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

18 May 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (18 May 2023): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 19 Mar 2014. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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DyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingPhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:50 – 15:15

Breakfast club

07:40-08:40

After-school care

15:15-18:00

Source: longton-st-oswalds.lancs.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.